Isocrates, To Philip, II, ed. Larue Van Hook, 1

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[1] I have discussed with Antipater¹ the course which is expedient for our city and for you, at sufficient length, I am convinced; but I wished to write to you also regarding the action which I think should be taken after the conclusion of peace, and while this advice is similar to that in my discourse,² it is, however, expressed much more concisely.

To Philip, II. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Letter 3: To Philip, II (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἐπιστολαὶ γʹ Φιλίππῳ β΄ Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 1 focus

[1] ἐγὼ διελέχθην μὲν καὶ πρὸς Ἀντίπατρον περί τε τῶν τῇ πόλει καὶ τῶν σοὶ συμφερόντων ἐξαρκούντως, ὡς ἐμαυτὸν ἔπειθον, ἠβουλήθην δὲ καὶ πρὸς σὲ γράψαι περὶ ὧν μοι δοκεῖ πρακτέον εἶναι μετὰ τὴν εἰρήνην, παραπλήσια μὲν τοῖς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ γεγραμμένοις, πολὺ δ’ ἐκείνων συντομώτερα.

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To Philip, II

1. Antipater, to whom Letter 4 is addressed, trusted minister of Philip, had been the Macedonian envoy to Athens for the Peace of Philocrates ( 346 B.C.) and was again in Athens in connection with peace preliminaries after Chaeronea.

2. To Philip, written in 346 B.C.

Isocrates To Philip, II 1

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